Monday, November 5, 2007

This Old House

Our house, after nearly three years of residency, two years of husband-initiated deconstruction renovations, 10 months without a full bathroom, 5 weeks of manic project-completion and buffing and polishing (99% of which accomplished by Her Bad Father, HBM being currently preoccupied with the inside of the brand-new toilet), has finally, finally, finally been listed for sale.

It's about time, seeing as we take possession of the new home in five weeks. There was no stress involved in this process, none at all.

This is our house:

Soon it will be our old house (that is, it will be our former house; it's already old, circa 1880's old); the house has been on the market for, oh, about an hour now and there are already viewings scheduled.

So, if you've been wanting to come visit me, and you want the old school HBM experience, the one with the tour of The Spot Where I Went Into Labor and The Spot Where Wonderbaby Took Her First Nap and The Spot Where Wonderbaby Took Her Last Nap and The Toilet That Has Cradled HBM Lo These Many Weeks and The Bathroom That Almost Wasn't, then you'd better come soon.

We won't be here very long. Our hearts will likely linger, a moment or two or maybe longer, and our hearts will always look back, but we - we will have moved on. Happily.

Congratulations on the end of the renovations and the listing. Hopefully we won't be too far behind you, although I know that we, too, will be sad to leave. New happy memories though ahead, wherever you may be...

That is a lovely house! I hope everything works out for you and you sell quickly. I only just found your blog, I think I've gotten it mixed up with Karen MEG's a few times. Now I must go back and explore your archives. Find out about that bathroom :)

Oh so neat to see this. I don't remember such a cutie in TO among the road I've trod there. No doubt a quick sale awaits. You're lucky you'll go far occasionally I feel weird about our neighbours (who bought our house earlier this year) ever finding out I 'put their house on the Internet'.

As much as I look forward to moving as well.. this house.. it will always be home. No matter who lives here. We had wanted to rent this house out.. and I'm not quite sure if I could handle that. I would freak out all over someone not doing things the way I want them done.

And I remember the pic of the new house.. kinda hard not to be excited about that though. It's just gorgeous.

Good luck with the sale. I'm told that's the most stressful part of it all.

My husband and I are house-hunting in Toronto right now, and if our experience is any indication, your house is going to sell over asking price in a matter of days. I might have to drop you an email, too, for the mls#--it is awfully cute.

You know what, HBM, I kept thinking to myself, "It is probably something like herbadmother at gmail" but then I would think, "YES, BUT WHAT IF IT IS NOT? Then I'd be mailing some other self-proclaimed bad mother to ask creepy questions about her house." And that is just weird.